Could Distributed Peer Review Better Decide Grant Funding?
The landscape of academic grant funding is notoriously competitive and plagued by lengthy, bureaucratic processes, exacerbated by difficulties in finding willing reviewers. Distributed […]
After Aurora, Expect PTSD to Spread Far Beyond Theater
Two studies of Virginia Tech students provide information on the likelihood and treatment of stress-related psychological symptoms following a mass shooting.
Animal Experimentation – Indispensable or Indefensible? A new debate in the ‘Forum for Debate’ Series from Speakers’ Corner Trust
Scientists have for centuries sought to increase their understanding of the natural world through experiments on live animals – and for as […]
Open Access or Legalized Piracy? Open Access and the Finch Report
It seems we are to get Open Access in the UK whether we like it or not. It is, though, interesting to note how cavalier some people are about others’ intellectual property rights.
Getting the Help They Need
For many, jails may be the only place providing regular access to essential health treatment. Upon release, both health services and medication regimens often abruptly stop with little or no follow up care
Weekly Overview of Social Science News
Social Scientists protest biased study targeting LGBT parents, Chinese girls outperforming boys and more in this Weekly Overview of Social Science News.
Conference Brings Global Focus to Socal Inequality
Academics from all over the world gather in York this week for one of the most significant conferences of social policy researchers […]
University of Bradford School of Management wins national award praising the practical nature of its research
A study on The need to get more for less – authored by a mother and daughter team of academics from the […]
Objective truth, social ‘science’ and tennis balls
The entire purpose of social science is to apply disciplined, logical, and serious analysis to of all aspects of contemporary social life. Whether ‘scientific’ or not, this process of exploration is intrinsically valuable.
